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US-9673308

Semiconductor device manufacturing method

PublishedJune 6, 2017
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Technical Abstract

According to the present invention, since the buffer layer is formed by multiple ion implantations of different acceleration energies and the non-diffusion region in which impurity do not diffuse is left between the buffer layer and the collector layer, the semiconductor device which can supply sufficient holes to the drift layer at the turn-off can be manufactured while the withstand voltage is ensured.

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1. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising: a first step in which, on a first main surface and a second main surface, which is a surface opposite to the first main surface of a semiconductor substrate, phosphorous is implanted in the second main surface by using multiple ion implantations of different acceleration energies so as to form a first impurity region on the semiconductor substrate; a second step in which a second conductivity-type impurity is implanted in the second main surface using an acceleration energy lower than the multiple ion implantations, and a second impurity region is formed so that a non-implantation region in which the impurity is not implanted is left between that and the first impurity region in the semiconductor substrate; a heat treatment step in which heat treatment is applied to the semiconductor substrate so that a buffer layer is formed by the phosphorous, a collector layer is formed by the second conductivity-type impurity, and a non-diffusion region in which the phosphorous and the second conductivity-type impurity do not diffuse is left between the buffer layer and the collector layer; and a step in which a collector electrode in contact with the collector layer is formed.

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2. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein the phosphorous is implanted in the second main surface at the acceleration energy of 1 to 10 MeV; and the second conductivity-type impurity is implanted in the second main surface at the acceleration energy of 5 to 100 KeV.

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3. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 1 , wherein dosages of the multiple ion implantations are uniform.

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4. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising: a first step in which, on a first main surface and a second main surface, which is a surface opposite to the first main surface of a semiconductor substrate, a first conductivity-type impurity is implanted in the second main surface by using multiple ion implantations of different acceleration energies so as to form a first impurity region on the semiconductor substrate; a second step in which a second conductivity-type impurity is implanted in the second main surface using an acceleration energy lower than the multiple ion implantations, and a second impurity region is formed so that a non-implantation region in which the impurity is not implanted is left between that and the first impurity region in the semiconductor substrate; a heat treatment step in which a heat treatment is applied to the semiconductor substrate so that a buffer layer is formed by the first conductivity-type impurity, a collector layer is formed by the second conductivity-type impurity, and a non-diffusion region in which the first conductivity-type impurity and the second conductivity-type impurity do not diffuse is left between the buffer layer and the collector layer; and a step in which a collector electrode in contact with the collector layer is formed, wherein the multiple ion implantations are performed so that the dosage of the first conductivity-type impurity becomes larger as going closer to the second main surface side, and the impurity concentration profile of the buffer layer has only a single peak.

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5. The semiconductor device manufacturing method according to claim 4 , wherein in the first step, the first conductivity-type impurity is implanted perpendicularly to the second main surface.

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6. A semiconductor device manufacturing method comprising: a first step in which, on a first main surface and a second main surface, which is a surface opposite to the first main surface of a semiconductor substrate, a first conductivity-type impurity is implanted in the second main surface by using multiple ion implantations of different acceleration energies so as to form a first impurity region on the semiconductor substrate; a second step in which a second conductivity-type impurity is implanted in the second main surface using an acceleration energy lower than the multiple ion implantations, and a second impurity region is formed so that a non-implantation region, in which the impurity is not implanted, is left between that the first impurity region in the semiconductor substrate; a single heat treatment step in which a heat treatment is applied to the semiconductor substrate to form a buffer layer by the first conductivity-type impurity, a collector layer by the second conductivity-type impurity, and a non-diffusion region in which the first conductivity-type impurity and the second conductivity-type impurity do not diffuse is left between the buffer layer and the collector layer, and a step in which a collector electrode in contact with the collector layer is formed.

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December 13, 2013

Publication Date

June 6, 2017

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